Lifter for stove-covers



,MALTBY & BROWN.-

Lid Lifter.

Patented Oct. 2, 1866.

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Phonrutho n her, Washington. D, c.

' used for all ordinary purposes UNITED STATES SIDNEY MALTBY AND J. R. BROWN, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

LIFTER FOR STOVE-COVERS, 80C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,442, dated October 2,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIDNEY MALTBY and J. R. BROWN, of the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Stove- Tongs; and we do hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawin gs and to letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in constructing a pair of stove-ton gs out of cast or malleable iron, or any other suitable material, so as to permit of the attachment of one or more sets of jaws to the same set of reins, and each opposite jaw having ri bs for the purpose of securing arnore firm grasp upon all articles of tin or sheet-iron ware having wired edges; and in connection with the reins and jaws we provide the end of each rein with a hook to be where hooks are required.

'To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of the stove-tongs'with "the jaws open, showing the ribs on the under jaw; also, the books on the end of reins Letter A, Fig. 1, represents the rivet or joint upon which the jaws and reins work. I) b I) represent the ribs on the jaws.. O G represent the hooks on the ends of reins. I) D repwire edges, the under jaw being constructed with ribs, to prevent slipping, and set at an .angle, so as to form aconvenient handle when applied to a pan or any other cooking utensil.

Figs. 2 and 3 represent an open sectional view of the stove-tongs, like letters and like figures referring to like parts, B representing one part of the device as shown in Fig. 1, and B the other. The ribs 1), I), and b are cast or formed on B.

Having thus described our invention, what weclaim as new, and desire to secure by Leters Patent, is-

1. A stove-lifter composed of the parts B B and jaws D D and E E, constructed and arranged as and for the purpose shown.

2. Providing one jaw in each set with ribs.

3. The books on ends of reins, in combination with the reins and jaws, all as and for the purposes set forth.

SIDNEY MALTBY. J. R. BROI/VN.

Witnesses J OSIAH LoVELL, THos. D. MITCHELL.

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